Time to Get Serious

I feel like I am not serious enough about reaching my running and weight loss goals. I am changing that. I am going to reach my goals. 

 

Hubby and I have officially signed up for the Color Me Rad 5K. We have been doing the Zombies Run! app, but I am not sure that I will actually be ready to run 5K by race day, August 17. I am going to finish the training app in the next 2 weeks, but I am also going to do more. I really want to be ready for this.

For my birthday, my brother-in-law gave me a Fitbit Flex. The Fitbit will help me track my steps, distance, sleep cycle, calories in, and calories out. I have been playing with it since I got it. It is so easy to use! This tool should help me with my goals of running a 5K and losing weight.

Back on Track?

I am hoping I am back on track. My daughter and I found a Yoga series on Netflix geared towards kids and teens last night, so we did the first one. It was about a half hour. I felt great and more relaxed when we were done. We plan to do it again  today.
This morning, I got out running again. I really pushed myself, and I did better than last time! That always feels good.
I gained a bit of weight, but I know I didn't eat well or exercise as much as i needed to. I will do better this next week.

Rough Week

I am having a hard time with the motivation today. I am really trying, but unless I get some kind of work out done today then I will have missed 3 days already this week. Seriously, it is so much easier to sleep than get up early to run or ride. I need to get back into the swing of things really bad. Hopefully, my kids will let me get some kind of work out in tonight so that I can remember how good it feels to get the adrenaline pumping again.

Great Morning

 

This morning I pushed myself harder than I ever have. I was stinkier and sweatier than I have been in a long time. I went 4.7 km during my 5K training this morning. That is the furthest distance that I have accomplished. I also achieved my fastest pace. It felt awesome! Now that I know I can do it, I want to do it again. I think I may be able to go back to running every other day again instead of waiting two or three days between runs. I can't even describe how happy that makes me.
After I got back from my 5K training, I decided to weigh myself. I lost more weight!

More Please

 

I need to workout more. I have only been running every three days for a few days. Not really anything else. This is not a good thing. When I work out I am more likely to eat better because I don't want to ruin the work I just did.
For a little while I was working out in the morning by my self and doing something with the kids (or at least my daughter) at night. I don't totally know why I stopped working out at night other than I just didn't feel like I had the time or I felt like it was taking away from the time I actually got with my kids somehow.
As far as not working out in the mornings on the days I don't run, that is just laziness. (It is far easier to stay in bed for another hour than it is to get up, get ready to work out, and get outside and ride my bike.) I was also feeling discouraged and stubborn. I kept saying to myself, "If I can't do the work out that I really want to do, then I won't work out at all."
Yesterday and today, I got up and got ready and went for a bike ride. It was only about three and a half miles, but I did it. I felt good when I was done. I felt motivated to do more.
I am going to do more. This is the start of a new week. I have yesterday and today done with five days to go. I will do some kind of work out (run, ride a bike, exercise videos, etc.) every day this week. There is no reason to ruin the hard work that I put in last month. I have a head start. I want to build on that and reach my fitness goals.

Inch By Inch

I have not been losing the pounds as fast as I want, but I know that I haven't been trying as hard since I hurt my legs. My work outs have amounted to 5K training every three days. I know I should probably run less and do other things like ride my bike or yoga more until my legs are completely healed, but I am stubborn. I have been doing ok with my eating, but the weekends are a struggle. Don't think I am not losing weight at all. I have lost about 5 pounds since the  end of May. I just hoped I would have lost more.
The good news is that I have been losing something...inches. Woo, hoo! I measured myself on May 27 and put it the measurements to the side telling myself that I would wait until at least the end of June to measure myself again. Today, July 3, I decided to check my measurements again. One measurement is such a drastic difference that I am not trusting the first number (I checked the measurement may times this morning). The difference between measurements is:

• around my belly button -1.5 inches
• left thigh same
• right thigh +.25
• left arm -.5
• right arm -.25
• hips -7.5 (this is the one that I don't believe)
• chest -.75
• bust -.75
• neck same
• TOTAL LOSS -3.25 or -10.75 (depending on if you believe the hip measurements)

No matter how you look at it, this is motivation to keep going and try harder.